Clinitest hCG

Clinitest hCG

In-Service Training

Maria Peluso-Lapsley, CDM Marketing

Sept 2018, HOOD05162002951655 ver 1.0

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Table of Contents

Clinitest hCG In-Service Training

? hCG testing

? Clinitest hCG test overview

? Getting the analyzer ready for testing

? Performing quality control testing

? Performing patient testing

? Interpreting test results

? Avoiding errors

? Performing routine maintenance/cleaning

? Ordering information

? Quiz

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hCG Testing

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What is hCG?

? Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG) is a

hormone released early in pregnancy

? hCG is detected in the urine as early as 14

days after conception

? Rapid and reliable marker for early detection

of pregnancy

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hCG Levels and Pregnancy

? hCG helps track the early stages of

pregnancy

? Initially, the level of hCG rises very rapidly,

approximately doubling in quantity every 2

days until a peak is reached between the

sixth and eighth week

? Over the next ten or more weeks, the level

of hCG decreases

? Detectable levels of hCG may be present a

month or two after delivery

? The first catch of urine in the morning will

contain the highest level of hCG

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